Rawls: An Author Profile
RawlsAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown One of our first childhood lessons is “Life isn’t fair.” But what if it could be? ❧ Full name: John Bordley Rawls […]
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Caesar: An Author Profile
CaesarAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown With the rise of Julius Caesar, the history of Rome, the Mediterranean, and ultimately of civilization was permanently changed. ❧ Full name
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The Great Conversation: Tyranny
The Great Conversation: Tyranny By Gabriel Blanchard Tyranny is one of the oldest problems in western thought—and practice. What is tyranny? It is agreed by almost all the
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Bentham: An Author Profile
BenthamAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown What is the proper calculus of morals and, to the extent they differ, of politics? ❧ Full name and titles: Jeremy Bentham
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The Great Conversation: War and Peace—Part II
The Great Conversation: War and Peace—Part II By Matt McKeown Peace, frustratingly enough, can be as philosophically complicated as war. Go here for Part I. The pursuit of
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On Reading the Federalist Papers
On Reading the Federalist Papers By Travis Copeland The Federalist Papers furnish us with an indispensable background for understanding our history, rights, and laws. Schools today have done
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Wollstonecraft: An Author Profile
WollstonecraftAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Wollstonecraft represented the first glimmer of female equality before the law. ❧ Full name and titles: Mary Wollstonecraft [mê-rē wõł-støn-krăft; see our pronunciation
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The Great Conversation: Family
The Great Conversation: Family By Matt McKeown The family is a universal context and, accordingly, a universal concept. The family is one of the oldest institutions in human
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Thucydides: An Author Profile
ThucydidesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In classical Greece, even the strictest historian was obliged to be at the same time a tragedian. ❧ Full name and titles:
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The Great Conversation: Custom & Convention
The Great Conversation: Custom & Convention By Matt McKeown Habit is second nature. But what is habit? One of the oldest conversations in philosophy is about the contrast—to
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